How many of you co-sleep?

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About half my friends co-sleep/slept with their children (I'm talking all ages, not just babies) and half don't.

I'm wondering whether this is a reflection on the rest of the county?

We've chosen not to, and it's been challenging. I love the idea but it doesn't work for us at all in practice. I'd love to know what you do/have done?

I’ve never coslept with DD as a baby but past the one year point I have on occasion brought her in with me but it’s once a month maybe or if she’s unwell.

Honestly I don’t think anyone gets proper sleep even in a superking bed so I try and avoid it! It’s nice for a snuggle but then I want some space.

1st dc co slept 2nd dc didn't 3rd dc still does hes 5 but I'm fine with it as they do eventually in their own time stop wanting to get in bed with you. If every one is happy then it's OK it really doesn't last forever and one day you'll miss clinging on to the edge of the bed with a foot in your back

Co slept from about 3 months and he is now 1yo and in bed with me as I type. Works well as I BF and he wakes a lot thanks to eczema/reflux.

I did, long time ago now as they are adults

I still do and DD is 4 my other half snores and goes to bed ridiculously late so I actually don't mind it. Plus we have 2 double beds so win win

Yes. Not so much DD, who has always enjoyed her own space, although she did for bouts from time to time.

DS1 and DS2 would only sleep next to me. DS1 (now 8) still ends up with DH most nights, and I'm still co sleeping with DS2 (age 4).

They both seem to like contact while they sleep. If I wasn't so lazy I'd put them in the same room as they might just stay put. We're trying to gently get DS1 to sleep on his own more, but he'll get there in his own time.

Yes I co slept with all my children. At one point it was me and 3dc all
Co sleeping thank god I had a massive bed! Thankfully all in their own rooms now though and I get to sprawl out.

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DS sleep in our bed from about 2am maybe later. He's 2, I don't mind it at all, he tends to squash me a bit but I'll sleep anywhere so doesn't really affect me! And it's nice when he snuggles into me at night.

I did...was the best thing ever! I miss it 😭

On and off with both of mine (they are still small). My 7mo is currently in bed with me. I’m not a happy cosleeper myself as I don’t enjoy sleeping in a fixed position all night long as is required when they are tiny. But both have gone through stages where they need more closeness and I’ll provide that as long as required. My eldest is 2yo though so no idea what they will do in the long term

Co-sleeping has meant I actually sleep!

Coslept with mine. One is still with me. The other sleeps next door with DH. I was absolutely determined my babies would sleep in a cot from day one but they had other plans. Co-sleeping saved the little sanity I had left post-babies.

I cocleep with DS. He's nearly 10 months and hasn't slept alone since birth. DD is 4 and sleeps in with me more often than not. Got both of them in bed now and DH is in the spare. He hates sharing.

DC1 til 2.5
DC2 no, he was a good sleeper
DC3 until 3, atm she joins us in the early hours (now 7)
DC4 until a couple of weeks ago, he's 4y10m. Slept a full night in his own bed last night for the first time ever.

I have always preferred shared sleep to no sleep, but honestly I think I have forgotten how to turn over in bed and my shoulders are fucked.

I coslept with dd when she was a baby. As a toddler, she usually sneaked into our bed in the middle of the night or very early in the morning. When she was in primary school, we used to let her sleep with me for a Friday night treat (dp went off to the spare room because she took up too much of the bed). Dd is 18 now but came into my bed a couple of weeks ago because she'd had a bad dream (dp was working away so she didn't kick him out).

Mine is 7. She still sleeps in my bed most nights. I'm single but to be honest I'd probably have her in if I was still with her dad too 😂
I know I'll miss it when she stops so you know
And it doesn't affect my sleep anyway

We didn't exactly co sleep but if ever they cried and we couldn't settle them within a few minutes we'd bring them into the bed with us, they seemed happier and we'd all go back to sleep. Not when they were tiny newborns though, we'd sit with them awake at that age.

Currently lying next to a snoring 4 year old...

Yup. He moved to his room aged 6. Wasn’t particularly a plan but he made clear what he wanted at around 18months and we discovered the joy of a super king on holiday. Haven’t looked back since. He left when he was ready and to be honest we all were. I do still enjoy a snuggle if he can’t sleep, has a nightmare or is unwell.

I co-sleep with DD who is nearly 3 and I am loving it. She hasn't slept alone since birth apart from a few naps.

My 4yo sleeps in my bed. She started off in her cot but I had crippling sciatica when she was a baby and when she cried at night I could not get out to comfort her so it made sense having her next to me. I love it though. And she mostly sleeps through my terrible snoring.

DS is 3 and I don't mind at all.

My son slept quite happily in his cot. He's 3 now and will sometimes join us in the early hours. My daughter however would not sleep for more than 5 minutes away from me as a newborn so we Co slept from the start. She's now 5 months and her cot is attached to our bed and she will do a few hours in there. Sometimes spends some of the night sleeping tummy to tummy with me!

Co slept with dd and ds (and Dh) for many years. All the time as babies and then at some point in the night as the had their own beds they'd migrate to us.

They don't seem to want to these days now they're adults.

I used to wish they had cots that were attached to the bed but they hadn't been invented then.